Kathmandu, May 3
Save the Children in Nepal has given over 1,743
sets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and essential health commodities to
the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) to support the government in its
fight against COVID-19.
Speaking after receiving the items, Health Minister
Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal said that the assistance provided by Save the Children would
help the government strengthen health services, and support health
practitioners to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The PPE sets are aligned with the WHO and the
Nepal government’s standards.
“Our priority is to support the government in
controlling the spread of COVID-19 and ensuring that we reach the most
marginalised populations, especially vulnerable children,” stated, Bandana
Risal, Interim Country Director of Save the Children Nepal.
Save the Children through its regular and Global
Fund funded project has been aiding the federal, provincial and local
government with critically required COVID-19 medical and non-medical supplies,
it said in a statement.
According to the agency, it is also in the
process of procuring an additional 2,000 PPE kits.
Along with this, Save the Children in
collaboration with the National Health Education Information Communications
Centre (NHEICC) has been developing and disseminating general and
child-friendly COVID-19 messaging through national and local radio stations.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 4 May 2020. 
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